The Blue Economy Symposium was organized for the first time within the 42nd OMAE 2023 conference in Melbourne Convention Centre from 11-16 June. In addition to Prof Irene Penesis’ keynote lecture on Challenges of the Blue Economy for Sustainable Offshore Development, the symposium featured 32 lively presentations covering many aspects of the Blue Economy CRC research activities such as aquaculture farm infrastructure, seafood production, hydrogen powering vessels, offshore renewable energy devices, remote and autonomous technologies, offshore development policies, legislations, and ethics.
In this webinar, five presentations were selected to cover various topics related to offshore engineering and technology in the context of the blue economy.
Presentation 1: Reducing Risk in Design and Operation of Exposed High Volume, Advanced Fish Farms
- Presented by: Mr. Per Arild Aland (DNV)
- Mr Per Arild Åland has an MSc from University of Surrey, England combined with business and economics studies at universities in Norway. Per Arild has been working with advanced offshore service vessels and offshore installations as well as digitization for most of his 25 years in the marine & offshore industry. Amongst the specialist areas throughout his career, Per Arild has been working are supply chain management, capability review of suppliers & shipyards, CE-marking, risk assessments and system/software integrity. Over the last few years Mr. Aland has been involved in ensuring safety and operational excellence in the emerging segments of offshore renewables and exposed fish farming/aquaculture. He is currently attending to Offshore Classification and Business Development at DNV Head Office, Oslo.
Presentation 2: Ethical Risk in the Offshore Blue Economy Integrity System
- Presented by: Dr Hugh Breakey (Griffith University)
- Dr Hugh Breakey is Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow in moral philosophy at Griffith University’s Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law in Brisbane, Australia. Hugh’s work spans the philosophical sub-disciplines of political theory, normative ethics, applied philosophy, and legal theory. He has extensive experience in the application of ethical, legal, and political philosophy to a wide array of challenging practical fields, including institutional governance, integrity systems and corruption, climate change, sustainable tourism, blue economy industries, peacekeeping, safety industries, property and intellectual property, professional ethics, human rights, ethical decision-making and international law.
Presentation 3: Determination of Mooring Load Levels on a Cage Designed for Exposed Aquaculture in Chile
- Presented by: Assistant Professor Cristian Cifuentes (Universidad Austral de Chile)
- Assistant Professor Cristian Cifuentes holds a Bachelor’s degree on Naval Architecture by Universidad Austral de Chile and PhD in Ocean Engineering by Texas A&M University at College Station, TX, USA. His research is focused is on the determination of forces and deformations of flexible floating and submerged systems under wave and current loading for aquaculture applications.
Presentation 4: Novel Solution for Mitigating Sloshing in Floating Closed-Containment Aquaculture Tanks
- Presented by: Mr. Johannes Wiegerink (University of Queensland)
- Johannes Wiegerink specialises in floating structures and holds a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering (2012) and an M.Sc. in Offshore Engineering (2015). After working in the Offshore industry, he pursued a PhD at the University of Queensland (2019). In his PhD, he contributes to sustainable fish farming practices in floating closed containment tanks. His passion for the sustainable use of our oceans drives his continuous involvement with offshore and marine engineering projects.
Presentation 5: Numerical Modelling in the Development of the M4 Prototype for Albany, Western Australia
- Presented by: Dr Adi Kurniawan (University of Western Australia)
- Adi Kurniawan is a Research Fellow with Marine Energy Research Australia. He has 15 years of experience in wave energy and has worked on a variety of WECs in Norway, Denmark, the UK, and Australia. His career has included landmarks in the field, such as participating in the highly cited numerical benchmarking study of WECs and co-authoring (with Prof Johannes Falnes) the second edition of Ocean Waves and Oscillating Systems, an authoritative text on wave energy. Adi has contributed to a range of topics within wave energy, including numerical modelling, geometry optimisation, and the hydrodynamics of compressible and deformable WECs.